Inquiry is a type of activity that provides motivation to arouse learners' interests, so that learners will be actively engaged, stimulate prior knowledge, encourage new questions/investigation and develop learning skills and knowledge independently. During Inquiry, students should accomplish tasks which have not only one right answer through high-level thinking, such as analyzing, synthesizing or evaluating the resources. Also, learners are encouraged to discuss or share learning. Finally, learners should solve problems or develop new theories or products that reflect the understanding of a concept. After Inquiry learning, students could apply the new achieved knowledge to their real life.
8. Rubric of Inquiry Based Learning
Inquiry Rubric
Criteria
Not Evident 1
Partial
2
Exemplary
3
Score
Independence
Teachers give all the information and instruct directly. There is no opportunity for students to acquire knowledge by themselves.
Teachers gives some related information and guidance. Students have certain opportunity to acquire knowledge by themselves.
Learners are the main body of inquiry learning under teachers' guidance. Students should accomplish the task independently by their experience and new achieved knowledge.
Leads learner to build on prior knowledge
Activity does not enable learner to learn from prior knowledge .
Activity leads learner to build on some prior knowledge of topic
Activity leads and enables learner to build indicates knowledge acquired of topic in a meaningful manner
High-level Thinking
Task requires simply comprehending and answering questions, not higher level thinking.
Task requires some analysis of information and/or putting together information from several sources.
Task clearly requires synthesis of multiple sources of information. Students should collect, analyze, synthesize or evaluate the resources. Task requires higher level thinking.
Motivation
It is purely factual and cannot arouse learners’ interests. It does not encourage questioning or investigation.
Little attempt is made to appeal to learners.
It somewhat arouses learners’ interests and be somewhat inspiring. It encourages questioning and encourages investigation on a limited basis.
It arouses learners’ interests and be inspiring in order to get learners interested in learning. It actively encourages questioning and investigation.
New theories or products
There is only one answer, and students have no opportunity to create.
There are more than three answers, but students have no opportunity to create.
There could be various products depending on different students. And/or learners would develop new theories or products.
Discussion
Learners do not need to share and discuss with others.
It requires learners to share and discuss with others.
It arouses learners’ desire to share and discuss with others.
Inquiry is a type of activity that provides motivation to arouse learners' interests, so that learners will be actively engaged, stimulate prior knowledge, encourage new questions/investigation and develop learning skills and knowledge independently. During Inquiry, students should accomplish tasks which have not only one right answer through high-level thinking, such as analyzing, synthesizing or evaluating the resources. Also, learners are encouraged to discuss or share learning. Finally, learners should solve problems or develop new theories or products that reflect the understanding of a concept. After Inquiry learning, students could apply the new achieved knowledge to their real life.
8. Rubric of Inquiry Based Learning
Inquiry Rubric
Criteria
Not Evident 1
Partial
2
Exemplary
3
Score
Independence
Teachers give all the information and instruct directly. There is no opportunity for students to acquire knowledge by themselves.
Teachers gives some related information and guidance. Students have certain opportunity to acquire knowledge by themselves.
Learners are the main body of inquiry learning under teachers' guidance. Students should accomplish the task independently by their experience and new achieved knowledge.
High-level Thinking
Task requires simply comprehending and answering questions, not higher level thinking.
Task requires some analysis of information and/or putting together information from several sources.
Task clearly requires synthesis of multiple sources of information. Students should collect, analyze, synthesize or evaluate the resources. Task requires higher level thinking.
Motivation
Little attempt is made to appeal to learners.
New theories or products
There is only one answer, and students have no opportunity to create.
There are more than three answers, but students have no opportunity to create.
There could be various products depending on different students. And/or learners would develop new theories or products.
Discussion
Learners do not need to share and discuss with others.
It requires learners to share and discuss with others.
It arouses learners’ desire to share and discuss with others.